Welcome to our Raisin wikispace. Here you will investigate the themes and issues portrayed in A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun (1959) is Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama about a family struggling to achieve it's dreams. The first play by an African American to receive a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, it helped create an audience for black drama and opened doors for a generation of black playwrights, actors, and filmmakers.
A Raisin in the Sun is a realistic work that contains some derogatory language and explains the sensitive subjects of racism, cultural assimilationism, and abortion. in a modern context. You will also have a change to explore aspects of the historical and rhetorical context from which this play was written. The purpose of this space is to deepen students' understanding of the issues surrounding this momentous drama*.
I encourage you to read all that is here and add to those pages that greatly interest you. I have included on this Home page a link to a Raisin study guide. Feel free to use this guide while we read the play and while you help build this wikispace.
Act 1, Scene 1
Act 1, Scene 2
Act 2, Scene 1
Act 2, Scene 2
Act 2 Scene 3
Act 3
Dejin Ali
Allen Allosh
Brian Armstrong
Gaby Calixto
Dulce Camacho
Sonia Ibarra
Yvette Cota
Deanna Elias
Mirna Fatho
Alissa Garcia
Stephani Whitehouse
Ary Jarjis
Heather Kidd
Ashley Konig
Tymy Maclean
Alicia McDaniel
Morena Mekho
Zack Miller
Melissa Ortega
Tanya Pineda
Rachelle Plaisted
Karen Quinonez
Guillermo Reyes
Melissa Richardson
Bridget Rios
Lauren Tafoya
Aveen Saleh
Adrianne Sanchez
Samantha Sanchez
Nancy Shamon
Abigail Ruiz
Steven Tellez
Keanu Wagner
Sanders Camp
Meshva Jariwala
Sonia De La Mora
(*) The description for this page was taken from Glencoe's Literature Library Study Guide, A Raisin in the Sun.
Welcome to our Raisin wikispace. Here you will investigate the themes and issues portrayed in A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun (1959) is Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama about a family struggling to achieve it's dreams. The first play by an African American to receive a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, it helped create an audience for black drama and opened doors for a generation of black playwrights, actors, and filmmakers.
A Raisin in the Sun is a realistic work that contains some derogatory language and explains the sensitive subjects of racism, cultural assimilationism, and abortion. in a modern context. You will also have a change to explore aspects of the historical and rhetorical context from which this play was written. The purpose of this space is to deepen students' understanding of the issues surrounding this momentous drama*.
I encourage you to read all that is here and add to those pages that greatly interest you. I have included on this Home page a link to a Raisin study guide. Feel free to use this guide while we read the play and while you help build this wikispace.